Every handmade vendor wants to know what the hot items are to sell at craft shows each year. There are so many factors that affect which booth is the busiest and there’s no guarantee an item will be a hot seller at every event. But, vendors can follow trends, put their spin on them and be more likely to stand out to shoppers.
To increase your chances of the hot items you make selling out, I suggest you also read:
WHAT SELLS BEST AT A CRAFT SHOW?
It covers what’s absolutely essential for your business to have, regardless of what product you sell, and the 3 components you must get right at a craft show.
You should ALWAYS put your spin on a trend and find a way to make it a fi..

Selling is not a strength of mine. But when I worked as a regional merchandiser for a major retailer, I participated in selling workshops because there were times I had to help customers and during busy shopping holidays, everyone had to sell, regardless of position or title. So I learned a sales technique or two in my day.
As much as I hate selling, I can’t deny; the sales techniques I was taught, work.
Thinking about what’s at the core of the most successful practices, I realized it came down to a simple sales technique that can turn almost any non-seller and any business into a selling machine. That sales technique is…
Limit options & decisions
When shoppers have too many opti..

One of my goals this year is to be more organized when it comes to running my business. And I’d like to help you do the same. Let's make March a profitable and productive month!
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“Organization” may not be at the top of everyone’s goal list by I’m sure “making money” is.
In order to make money and run a profitable business…you must be organized.
Let’s ..

It’s the question everyone wants to know: how much money can you really make at a craft show? It’s not an easy one to answer and of course there are SO many factors that can affect the total but I’m going to give a general idea here.
You don’t want to know how much any vendor can make, you want to know how much money you can make right?
If you live in a small town, have just started a handmade business and are trying out the weekly farmers’ market in town, how much money you make is going to be completely different from someone who’s been in business for years and travels to Chicago for the Renegade craft shows, which attract tens of thousands of people over a few days.
Using the steps b..

One of my goals this year is to be more organized when it comes to running my business. And I’d like to help you do the same. Let's make February a profitable and productive month!
“Organization” may not be at the top of everyone’s goal list by I’m sure “making money” is.
In order to make money and run a profitable business…you must be organized.
Let’s stop treating our businesses like a hobby and flying by the seat of our pants.
Instead, let’s take a hard look at our numbers, what we need to make in revenue and profit to be able to call our operations a successful business and determine what it will take to get there this month.
This is a general guide f..

Those of us who create, often have a strong desire to. We didn’t start making bags, jewelry or scarves because handmade became trendy; we started because it excites us. But what do you do when your handmade products aren't selling?
It’s hard when your passion and hard work isn’t validated through sales.
Even if creating is just a hobby and not relied on for income, there comes a time when you, and everyone around you, has more of your creations than you/they know what to do with. (If that sounds familiar, you may be interested in my new ebook HOW TO SELL HANDMADE BEYOND FRIENDS & FAMILY)
The craft room starts getting crammed with piles of un-sold inventory and un-used materials. Y..

Sometimes, we can fall a little bit out of love with our Facebook pages, right?
Sometimes it can just feel a bit laborious and we lose our mojo.
At the time of writing this it’s early January. Most of us are feeling full from overloading on mince pies and chocolate, plus we’re overwhelmed with assessing where we’ve been and where we’re going. We’ve been distracted with life and unless we’ve been a scheduling ninja and somehow found time in between the family meals and Netflix binging to map out our social media, we’ve neglected things.
It’s a heady time for us small business owners!
If this is you, firstly know you’re not alone. In the Craft my Success Facebook group..

February holds one of the first major gift-giving holidays of the New Year: Valentine’s Day, which is a great holiday to boost your handmade sales.
To impact sales in February, you must start planning and marketing in January…at the latest. The further ahead you can plan, the better off you’ll be, ensuring you’re prepared for wholesale orders and craft shows.
Let’s take a look at how you can prepare for Valentine’s Day to boost your February sales.
1) UPDATE SALES CHANNELS
Determine how you'll add a Valentine's Day flair to a sales channel and which ones you'll use to promote your products.
Updating backdrops to red or pink, adding heart shaped props or red rose..

So you've started a handmade business and now you need to get out there and sell them goods! Here's a list of potential venues to sell them through if you want to stick to selling your handmade crafts locally.
Why locally? Well there are many benefits to local. Here are the pros and cons of selling handmade crafts locally:
PROS
Low shipping fees
Start small, prove your business model, then expand
Great for selling hard to ship items
You build an audience for a future brick and mortar store
Easier to make connections
Easier to get featured in the press
CONS
Limits who you can sell to
Let's look at the different ways you can sell handmade craf..

In the past couple weeks there have been two products appear in my Facebook feed that have piqued my interest. One, I instantly purchased after visiting their website and the other, I didn’t even get close to putting in my shopping cart. One had a good sales funnel and the other had bad sales funnel.
Both products caught my attention and initially had me thinking I would buy, so a good start to two different sales funnels. But it all went downhill from there with the one company while the other one actually went uphill and encouraged me to buy more.
One product was a niche product: a water bottle that tracks how much water you drink and the other was a nice sweater.
The sweater was exac..